Anasazi Pleasure

Head against the wall, camera to eye, it was a real stretch to create a vertical panorama.
Yet, the splendor of Anasazi high points is shown in rich colors of the sandstone, the peaceful venue of the quiet breaks down to the Green River in the far ground, and Candlestick Tower providing lonely vigil gave quite a sense of spiritual enlightenment.

Scene: an Anasazi structure in a remote Canyonlands venue, looking across the Colorado Plateau, with high buttes, lonely mesas, and arid canyons.

Structure: a prehistoric ruin, uninhabitable in the winter.

Presence: a family or families of ancient Anasazi, living in the valleys in the winter, and the high mountain scenes in the summer.

Struggle: finding enough water, wood, and food to drink, eat, and be warm. Yet, for a thousand years, they built quite a civilization!

As shown in Awards, this image was dry matted and submitted to a Judged Competition for the New Mexico State Fair, 2007.

It was awarded an Honorable Mention {placed 4th...}

Anasazi Pleasure

Head against the wall, camera to eye, it was a real stretch to create a vertical panorama.
Yet, the splendor of Anasazi high points is shown in rich colors of the sandstone, the peaceful venue of the quiet breaks down to the Green River in the far ground, and Candlestick Tower providing lonely vigil gave quite a sense of spiritual enlightenment.

Scene: an Anasazi structure in a remote Canyonlands venue, looking across the Colorado Plateau, with high buttes, lonely mesas, and arid canyons.

Structure: a prehistoric ruin, uninhabitable in the winter.

Presence: a family or families of ancient Anasazi, living in the valleys in the winter, and the high mountain scenes in the summer.

Struggle: finding enough water, wood, and food to drink, eat, and be warm. Yet, for a thousand years, they built quite a civilization!

As shown in Awards, this image was dry matted and submitted to a Judged Competition for the New Mexico State Fair, 2007.

It was awarded an Honorable Mention {placed 4th...}